True War God of Low Blows
"I'm back again!"
Those utterly mocking words rang out in the dead of night, nearly making the three chiefs of Black Wind Stronghold spit blood.
Their faces twisted, each of them itching to cut Qin Yan into a thousand pieces.
"You're courting death!"
Cao Lian had been toyed with again and again. How could he stand it?
"Kill him!"
The three brothers exchanged glances, each seeing a fierce killing intent in the others' eyes.
Like leopards, the three charged swiftly at Qin Yan!
"Come on!"
Qin Yan gave a faint chuckle and crooked a finger at them, then turned and dashed into the forest.
Four figures raced through the moonlight, one fleeing and three in pursuit!
Yet the distance between them remained unchanged. He couldn't shake them off, and they couldn't catch him.
A fierce glint flashed in Liu Dongshan's eyes. He immediately used his flying-dagger technique, six daggers appearing in his hands.
They shot toward Qin Yan in pairs, arranged in the shape of the character 品!
A sense of danger rushed toward him.
Qin Yan felt a chill down his back and instantly changed direction. The six daggers flew past, brushing close to him.
The passive effect of Combat Instinct had alerted Qin Yan to the danger in advance, allowing him to successfully evade it.
Taking on three opponents at once was no small risk.
Qin Yan's speed suddenly surged, and his figure faded from sight in an instant, vanishing into the forest ahead.
The sudden turn of events made Cao Lian's pupils contract.
"Stop!"
Cao Lian hurriedly stopped his two brothers from continuing the chase. "Retreat! This man wants to lure us into his trap."
His words brought the other two to their senses, dispelling their anger.
They were both shocked and furious.
This enemy really was frightening.
The three turned to leave, retreating from the forest as fast as they could.
"You can't escape!"
Qin Yan smiled coldly. His Archery had now risen to the Proficient Level.
[Archery (Proficient Level): 6% mastery] Effect: hit rate increased by 20%.
With his current skill, even if he couldn't hit a willow leaf from a hundred paces, he was very close.
In particular, in the darkness of night, Qin Yan's extraordinary vision and perception gave him the advantage in this slaughter.
Arrow after arrow shot out in an instant.
Pfft! Pfft!
Two arrows struck Liu Dongshan in quick succession, one in his lower abdomen and the other in his thigh. Though not fatal, they made him a burden in this battle.
Cao Lian heard his second brother's scream and was instantly alarmed. He had long heard that some people possessed terrifying vision even in the dark of night.
Seeing his second brother's miserable state, he couldn't help thinking of retreat.
"Retreat!"
Cao Lian was the first to react. Ignoring Liu Dongshan entirely, he sprinted straight toward the stronghold.
Years of running roughshod over others had quietly changed his thinking.
He didn't want to die, not even if there was the slightest chance of it.
"Big brother!"
Disbelief covered Liu Dongshan's face. Never in his dreams had he imagined that the man he had acknowledged as his big brother would be so heartless.
"Third brother!"
At that moment, Liu Dongshan couldn't help looking hopefully at Qian Renyi, the third brother beside him.
"Second brother! I'll definitely avenge you!"
Qian Renyi's expression shifted repeatedly. Finally, he gritted his teeth and, like Cao Lian, turned and fled without any regard for his gravely wounded brother!
Neither Liu Dongshan nor Qin Yan had expected such a scene.
As expected, these mountain bandits were all a heartless and ungrateful lot.
Hahaha!
Liu Dongshan gave a desolate laugh, and a cold flash of a blade swept past in an instant.
The desolate, self-mocking smile froze on his face. His head rolled several times across the ground, its gaze fixed on Black Wind Stronghold.
"I thought dealing with you would be more troublesome. I didn't expect it to be even easier than I imagined."
Qin Yan murmured as he looked at Liu Dongshan's head.
Under the cover of night, he soon caught up with Qian Renyi. Dragon Wandering Step had greatly increased his speed.
Sensing the movement behind him, Qian Renyi was instantly startled and suddenly thrust his sword backward!
Smack!
Someone seized his wrist in a tight grip. With a crack, a sharp pain turned Qian Renyi's face deathly pale.
His sword hand was forcibly twisted and broken. In the darkness, he met those cold eyes.
Endless darkness followed. Qin Yan had already gouged out both his eyes.
His groin, temples, and other vital points were instantly subjected to fierce blows.
A smooth string of attacks, clang, finished him off on the spot.
Ordinary Skin-Refining Realm experts still couldn't withstand a single blow from him. In close combat, they were completely overwhelmed by his strength.
"You ran so fast. How can you face your brothers?"
A cold voice reached Cao Lian's ears in the forest at night!
Whoosh!
An arrow instantly forced him to stop.
Looking at the arrow by his feet, Cao Lian knew this battle was unavoidable. He held his saber crosswise in a defensive stance.
"Heh heh! Chief Cao, if you hadn't abandoned those two brothers of yours, dealing with you would have been quite troublesome for me."
Qin Yan slowly emerged from the darkness, a mocking smile on his face.
"They're dead, so they're dead. They have only their own inferior skills to blame."
There was not a trace of sorrow on Cao Lian's face. He was unusually cold and calm.
His ruthless bearing was on full display.
"Tsk, tsk! You truly deserve to be the chief. I admire you."
Qin Yan said sincerely, "I've heard that Chief Cao is highly skilled with the saber. I'd like to spar with you.
We'll decide both victory and defeat, and life and death."
Holding his saber, Qin Yan revealed a chilling smile.
"Fine!"
Cao Lian took a deep breath, his nerves taut to the limit. The tall figure before him gave him an overwhelming sense of pressure.
In particular, his two brothers had died miserably as a result of the other man's constant scheming, which made him even more fearful.
Especially now, Qin Yan's entire body emitted a visible, blood-red presence, cold and brutal, brimming with crazed killing intent.
Whoosh!
Qin Yan moved in an instant, his saber chopping down with incomparably violent force.
"So fast!"
Cao Lian's pupils contracted, and he hurriedly raised his saber to block.
Clang!
After blocking the blow, Cao Lian felt a sharp pain in the web of his hand and nearly lost his grip on his saber.
"What terrifying brute strength!"
Qin Yan's strength far exceeded his expectations. Shocked as he was, he didn't dare pause for an instant, his figure repeatedly darting backward.
Qin Yan's attacks were like a storm, forceful and overbearing, leaving Cao Lian afraid to meet them head-on.
After several exchanges, Qin Yan's utterly overwhelming strength had left Cao Lian no chance to strike back.
He had roughly gauged his opponent's strength.
A flicker of disappointment passed through Qin Yan's eyes. Whether in strength, speed, or reactions, his opponent was far inferior to him.
There was no need to probe further.
Lime powder flew from his left hand straight toward his opponent's head!
"What?!"
Cao Lian admitted that he had ultimately underestimated just how despicable the man before him was.
His strength was far superior, yet he actually used such a lowly trick as lime powder.
The next moment, he felt a pain in his groin.
Qin Yan stabbed straight forward, twisted the blade, and slashed upward, opening a gruesome wound from Cao Lian's groin to his chest.
Following up, he drove his saber straight into Cao Lian's chest!
Pfft!
Feeling the pain stretching from his groin to his chest, Cao Lian's eyes widened. After a lifetime of dominating others, he had never imagined he would die this way.
Qin Yan rubbed his nose. He had used that method of attacking below the belt instinctively.
It had really become muscle memory!